Hair curler



April 13, 1937.

W. H U PPERT HAIR CURLER Filed March 26, 19:56.

INVENTOR Mu. lAM HU/JQEPT ATTO R N EY Patented Apr. 13, 1937 William Huppert, New

Delamere Company,

Delaware Application March 26,

6 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a hair curler, and more particularly to a hair curler or waver of the type comprising two pivotally connected cooperating members around which the hair is wound, and a swingable loop element adapted to embrace the wound hair to prevent it from unwinding.

Among the objects of the present invention are to provide a hair curler in which the two 00- operating members are pivoted together independently of the loop-element, in which the loop element is secured against accidental disconnection or undesirable side-play, and which has means for centering and locking the loop element in its closed position.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which: y

Figure 1 is a side view of the curler showing the two cooperating members and the loop element in closed positions;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the same;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view on an enlarged 2 scale of a portion of one of the cooperating members;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View of a portion of the other of said cooperating members;

Fig. 5 is a crosssectional view showing said members in one stage of assembly; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view, taken on the line 66 of Fig. 1, showing said parts fully assembled.

The device generally described comprises a. tubular cylindrical curling member ID, a semi- 5 cylindrical clamping member I l, which parts are pivotally connected at l2, and a swingable wire loop element l3. A spring l4, indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 1, may be provided to urge the members I0 and II closed. Each member I0 and I I may be formed with a finger grip portion I5 at one end, and each has a pair of parallel lugs or ears l6 and I1, respectively. The ears l6 of the semi-cylindrical member Il overlap the ears I 1 of the cylindrical member Ill.

The lugs l6 of the member I I are provided with inwardly extending annular bearings I8 as shown in Figs. 3, 5 and 6. These bearings may be conveniently formed by extruding, drawing, or punching, and they have central apertures through which the inturned ends IQ of the loop element l3 are inserted. A split sleeve or cylindrical clamp 20 embraces the two inturned loop-ends l9 and secures them together, the sleeve or clamp being squeezed tightly about said ends. The sleeve York, N. Y., assignor to Inc., a corporation of 1936, Serial No. 70,921

20 is narrower than the width of the space between the opposed bearings l8. The loop element I3 is preferably secured to the member l0, and the inturned ends of the loop are fastened together, before the member I 0 is secured to the member ll. I

The lugs ll of the member II! have apertures 2| which fit on the bearings l8 of the companion member to pivotally connect the two members together. Slots 22 lead downwardly into the apertures 2|, the slots being slightly wider than the diameter of the wire of the loop ends I 9.

In assembling the device, the lugs I! are bent slightly toward each other, as shown in Fig. 5, and the loop ends I9 are passed downwardly through the slots 22 into the apertures 2|, after which the lugs are spread apart, as shown in Fig. 6, so that the apertures 2| of the lugs 11 engage on the bearings l8 of the lugs l6. Bending of the lugs is unnecessary when they are made of spring metal.

The member ID may be provided with a circumferentially extending rib 23 adjacent the point of pivotal connection, and the member H may be formed with a similar rib 24. The ribs may be pressed or stamped in the metal of the parts and they serve to strengthen the parts.

The free end or bight 25 ofthe loop element l3 carries a cylindrical roller 26, which roller, in closed position of the loop, engages in the open tubular end of the member ID. The roller 26 is preferably made of a solid material, such as the material commonly known as acetate. The sides 21 of the free end of the loop lie parallel to each other and are separated a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the outer end of the member ID. This provides a construction whereby the loop is locked and centered in closed position.

I am aware that prior to my invention hair curlers have been made with two cooperating members pivotally connected by means of the inturned ends of a wire loop element, such as shown for example in Letters Patent No. 1,739,301 to Abraham Goodman and Jacob Goodman. I believe however that I am the first to construct hair curlers of such character that the cooperating members are pivotally connected together independently of the wire loop element and in which the inturned ends of the wire loop element are clamped together prior to securing one of the cooperating members to the other.

Various modifications in the details of construction herein described may be made within the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:-

1. In a hair curler, a tubular member having lugs at opposite sides adjacent one end, a semitubular member having lugs at opposite sides adjacent one end, the lugs of the semi-tubular member overlapping the lugs of the tubular member, inwardly extending annular bearings on'the lugs of the semi-tubular member, apertures in the lugs of the tubular member which fit on said bearings to pivotally connect the two members together, a wire loop element having inturned ends that pass inwardly through said bearings,

and a clamp tightly embracing said inturned,

ends intermediate the bearings.

2. In a hair curler, a tubular member having lugs at opposite sides adjacent one end, a semitubular member having lugs at opposite sides adjacent one end, the lugs of the semi-tubular member overlapping the lugs of the tubular member, inwardly extending annular bearings on the lugs of the semi-tubular member, apertures in the lugs of the tubular member which fit on said bearings to pivotally connect the two members together, slots in said lugs leading to said apertures, a wire loop element having inturned ends that pass inwardly through said bearings, and a clamp tightly embracing said inturned ends intermediate the bearings.

3. In a hair curler, a tubular member having lugs at opposite sides adjacent one end, a semitubular member having lugs at opposite sides adjacent one end, the lugs of. the semi-tubular member overlapping the lugs of the tubularmember, inwardly extending annulanbearings on the lugs of the semi-tubular member, apertures inthe lugs of the tubular member which fit on said hearings to pivotally connect thetwo members together, a wire loop element. having inturned ends that pass inwardly through said bearings, a clamp tightly embracing said inturned ends intermediate the bearings, and a cylindrical roller on the bight of the loop for engagement in the open end of the tubular member.

4. In a hair curler, a pair of cooperating hair rolling members, a wire loop member embracing the hair wound on said members, said loop member having inturned ends on which the loop is pivoted, and a sleeve tightly engaging said inturned ends to secure them together within the curler.

5. In a hair curler, a tubular member and a semi-tubular member, said semi-tubular member having lugs at opposite sides adjacent one end, inwardly extending annular bearings on said lugs, a wire loop element having inturned ends passing inwardly through openings in said bearings, a clamp binding said ends together intermediate said bearings, said clamp being shorter than the space between the bearings, lugs at opposite sides of the tubular member adjacent one end thereof, apertures in said lugs which fit on said hearings to pivotally connect the tubular and the semi-tubular members, slots in said lugs leading to said apertures, said slots being wider than the diameter of the'wire of the loop element, said loop element being attached to the semi-tubular member and having its inturned ends fastened together before said semi-tubular member is pivotally secured to the tubular member.

6; In a hair curler, a tubular form around which the hair is wound, a wire loop member adapted to embrace the hair wound on said form, said wire loop having inturned ends which extend inwardly into the bore of the tubular form, and a coupling element connecting said inturned ends within the bore of the form. 7

WILLIAM HUPPERT. 

